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“Aunt Nora!” Abby squealed, running straight into her arms.

Nora chuckled and lifted her, spinning her around slightly. “You’re going to take off if you keep wasting

that wand so fast!”

Abby giggled. “Maybe I’ll fly like a fairy!”

The warmth in Nora’s chest deepened as she held the little girl close.

Cole stood a few steps away, his expression calm but observant. I thought you were busy with family plans,” he commented.

Nora hesitated, adjusting Abby in her arms. “Elisa wanted to come here. I just came along to drop her off”

Cole hummed, as if he didn’t entirely believe her. “Well, since you’re here, why don’t you join us?”

Before Nora could answer, Abby pulled back slightly and pointed toward the sky. “The fireworks are starting!”

A loud boom echoed, followed by an explosion of gold and red across the night sky.

The crowd gasped in awe, and for a moment, Nora was caught in the magic of it. The colors reflected in Abby’s wide, delighted eyes as she clapped her hands together.

“This is the best night ever!” Abby declared.

Nora felt her tension ease, her lips curving into a genuine smile.

As the festival wound down, Elisa returned to Nora’s side, bidding her friends goodbye.

Nora glanced at the time–it wasn’t too late. “Why are we heading home so soon?” she asked.

Laura at the Jaria

words left her lips before she realized Cole was standing right next to

clamped her

them grew heavy.

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body tensed, though outwardly, he

*Jaria Sanitarium…*

the city, designed to care for long–term mental health patients. It was

would Nora’s mother be there?*

questions brewed inside him, but he suppressed them. Instead, he kept his gaze fixed on the night sky, feigning indifference. The fireworks continued to explode in dazzling patterns–brilliant

change in his expression, no flicker

*Thank goodness.*

out about her mother. And

had avoided

a quiet breath and turned to Abby, ruffling her hair.

home.”

“Can’t you stay

at her. “Let her go, Abby.

promise we’ll see each other

smiled and

Cole and Abby goodnight before driving home.

was crisp, the sky a dull gray as if reflecting the somber

car, staring out the window as the trees blurred past. Elisa sat beside her, uncharacteristically quiet, while Alexander

their way to the

to the facility, Nora swallowed the lump in her throat. The building loomed before them—a sterile white structure surrounded by an iron fence, its garden carefully maintained

son went craz

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of any warmth.